[Gertrude A. Lynn talks about her experiences serving in the the U.S. Army Nurse Corps with the 59th Evacuation Hospital during World War II].

Gertrude A. Lynn discusses her experiences serving in the the US Army Nurse Corps with the 59th Evacuation Hospital during World War II. Lynn describes graduating from the French Hospital nursing program in San Francisco, joining the Nurse Corps shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor and the movem...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project, Vincent Voice Library (digitizer,, current owner.)
Other Authors: Lynn, Gertrude A. (Speaker)
Language:English
Subjects:
Lynn, Gertrude A.
United States. > Army > Military life.
United States. > Army. > Evacuation Hospital, 59th.
United States. > Army Nurse Corps.
United States. > Army.
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Female.
Military nursing.
Armed Forces > Military life.
Military participation > Female.
Oral histories.
Personal narratives > American.
Genre:
Personal narratives, American.
Oral histories.
Personal narratives
American.
Online Access:
Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 audio file (16 min., 14 sec.))
Format: Electronic Audio Software
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Summary:
Gertrude A. Lynn discusses her experiences serving in the the US Army Nurse Corps with the 59th Evacuation Hospital during World War II. Lynn describes graduating from the French Hospital nursing program in San Francisco, joining the Nurse Corps shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor and the movement of the 59th Evac Hospital from Casa Blanca to Palermo, Naples, Anzio, and later France and Germany. She also discusses meeting her future husband who was an Army captain, her time in Epinal, France where the nurses would sled down a hill to reach surgery, and meeting General George Patton and future U.S. Army General William Westmoreland.
Note:Title supplied.
Part of the Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project.
Digitized by the G. Robert Vincent Voice Library of the Michigan State University Libraries.
Call Number:DB32745 cassette
Voice 32745
Playing Time:00:16:14
Participant or Performer:
Speaker, Gertrude A. Lynn.
Event Details:
Recorded 1989 January 11.